...reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays....

Aldous Huxley
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Reality is something that people often find difficult to cope with. As a result, they often find themselves in need of taking breaks. The idea that you can be happy living in a utopian world sounds great in theory, but in practice it often doesn’t work out. When you live in a place where ordinary things are taken for granted, there isn’t much of a need to talk about the problems that come along with them. That is why reality is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays.

Source: Brave New World

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